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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is sexist. I know at least two women who'd follow a mysterious voice, baggies and tongs in hand, hoping for more taxidermy material.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I'm dating one! The downstairs bathroom has a cabinet with dead butterflies in jars, various small animal skulls, and some bats.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's just the thing - women provide more challenge.

If you had been doing the same thing for hundreds of years you'd be bored of an easy solution as well.

I like the Witcher universe explanation for vampires drinking human blood:

In the books a vampire (Regis) explains that drinking human blood is just for getting high / drunk.

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

I like vampires in the Pratchett universe, who often see human hunting as a sport and leave religious symbols, stakes, and garlic around the castle to level the playing field. (Not to mention the black ribbon society, the vampire equivalent to AA.)

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are various different explanations across universes. But the biggest issue is - why can't vampires just drink animal blood? It has to either be some kind of magic, allergy or inefficiency usually. Regis exists to show the book's theme - that not every monster is a monster, and that not every human is human. So he needs a reason not to hurt people, otherwise he's also a monster.

[–] projectmoon@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some fiction has it. In vampire the requiem, low level vampires can survive on animal blood. But more powerful ones need human or even vampire blood.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does it make them weaker or do they just die because they need more nutrients?

I remember Lumley's Necroscope having some spiel about drinking vampire blood too. But that series of books has vampires be a leech-like creature that infects a host, not an illness or something magic that does that

[–] projectmoon@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Well VTR is a roleplaying game. It's similar to Vampire the Masquerade, but different setting and somewhat different mechanics. I guess it's best explained as "nutrients." Animal blood and blood from e.g. blood bags gives less Vitae (magic blood points resource) than blood harvested from living humans. And as the character becomes more powerful, eventually that "lesser" blood can't actually give them Vitae.

The vampiric curse in VTR is explicitly stated to be supernatural, though, so there's not a necessary scientific explanation for it. The curse imparts the Beast, which is the predator in all vampires.

[–] noseatbelt@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In BTVS they can. There's a vampire who's cursed with having a soul and is therefore unwilling to hurt humans, so he just toddles down to the butcher and gets blood from them.

Soulless vampires either like the hunt or just prefer the taste of human blood. For instance, some vampires just raid blood banks instead of hunting humans.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

VTMB, too. Getting in good with the blood bank peeps (or just robbing it) is a good get.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Germany reporting in: There are bushes in nearly every park in nearly every city over here where men are waiting to suck off other guys. No joke. That's the reality.

Does that make them vampires?

[–] ghost9@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends. Do they use teeth?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember reading she hated being associated with that skit, but... then she goes on to play naïve idiots in stuff anyway. I dunno...

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Well yeah, she probably regrets getting typecast, but still wants to work

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's everywhere in the world, not just Germany. Lol

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Hey Ma! It's that weird fucking cat again!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but have you tasted men? They're fucking gross

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You just reminded me of an interaction between some teen and a German frozen pizza manufacturer

Teen: "Your chocolate pizza tastes like son-of-a-whore"

Manufacturer: "Got too hungry and bit your own finger?"

Yeah, but what quality blood are you getting? Vampires hunt. They select. "hey come lookitthis afore I flush it!" is going to get you some dudes, but they're gonna taste bad.

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

I mean, true, but that is the taco Bell / burger king fastfood you won't instagram. You only highlight tjw good stuff.

I mean in the dracula movies he has hypnotism so seems like he can go for anything he likes.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Thrill of the hunt?